Kason DeGrande, 5, poses with his first turkey this spring. He was hunting with his father, Ryan, on his lease at DuPont Center. Kason sat on his lap while he called the bird in. The boy is also the grandson of Assistant State Attorney Robert Mathis.

The freshwater bite is about the same as last week, following the big full moon. Some bluegill and shellcracker are still finishing up bedding activity. But for the most part, that’s likely over and the fish are moving from the lily pads and shell bars to deeper structure. There are still plenty of nice panfish. They’re just spreading out. Guys tossing minnows or small jigs under the docks on the St. Johns River are still catching some speckled perch.

Bass fishing seemed a little slow around the area this week. But that’s an expected summertime transition from bedding fish in shallow water to fish seeking cooler water down deep.

The yellowmouth trout bite up around Green Cove Springs is excellent. One angler fished just off Julington Creek this week and culled 48 fish that weighed just more than 48 pounds. You’ll catch some small croakers at the same time.

The mullet run on the Shands Bridge is great one day and off the next. Crabbing remains excellent all over the river and the catfish bite hasn’t slowed a bit, with some of the bigger fish of the year being caught — and lots of them.

There was good striper fishing under the Memorial Bridge in Palatka and the railroad trestle there. There were reports of stripers up around the Buckman Bridge as well. The Croaker Hole has been slow.

The Intracoastal Waterway

It was a good week all around in the ICW. But fish weren’t concentrated in any special areas or on specific tides. If you hit enough of your holes, you did OK. Flounder fishing continues to improve. Some big fish came from under the 206 bridge and it makes sense that would be the case on the 312 bridge and the Bridge of Lions as well. The small jetty on the southwest side of the Matanzas Inlet was a good spot for reds and flounder this week.

If you fish dead shrimp deep, you’ll find some black drum. Kayakers are doing well on speckled seatrout early in the morning on the oyster bars north of the Guana Dam. Salt Run is a good place to find them, too.

The Atlantic Ocean

There were very few reports from offshore this week. We had crummy weather over the weekend and it looks worse for the one coming up. The grouper fishing out on the ledge has been good, judging more from the commercial boats than the recreational anglers. Wahoo, dolphin and tuna reports were slim.

There were a few kingfish caught off the local reefs and wrecks. It’s about the same with the cobia. Most of the serious cobia-chasers are wondering if we haven’t already seen the best of the run already.

Several boats running out of the St. Augustine Inlet reported seeing a football field-sized school of giant redfish moving up and down the coast and gorging on pogy pods along the way.

The Spanish mackerel schools have slowed a little, but you’re likely to see some big schools out there as well if you’re running the beach looking for cobia, kingfish or those crab trap triple tail.

Surf fishing has been generally slow. Pompano are being caught, but the bite is almost certainly on the downswing. Best bet has been to fish run-outs around the low tide with sand fleas, crab knuckles or fresh clams. Whiting have been real small and mixed with tons of small spots.

The weather

Northeast winds are forecast from Friday through Sunday. Look for seas Friday at 2 to 3 feet, increasing to 3 to 5 Saturday and Sunday.

Tournament recap

Wil Smith and Ralph Waldrop won last weekend’s Boating Club Invitational Tournament with an aggregate weight of 13.06 pounds; a 6.4-pound speckled seatrout, a 4.5-pound redfish and a 2.68-pound flounder.

■ Crescent Beach Fishing Club social set

Johnny Barnes who runs Genung’s Fish Camp on Crescent Beach is trying to start a local fishing club centered at the camp and is hosting a social/organizational meeting Sunday around 4 p.m. with free barbecue and fizzy beverages. Barnes has some ideas and wants more from local anglers and boaters. Some of his notions include monthly socials, special discounts on beer ice and bait, availability of the fish camp for private parties for members, quarterly fishing tournaments, swap meets, use of docks and more. Call Barnes at 599-6314 or email him at genungs@gmail.com if you’re planning on coming Sunday. He needs an idea of how much grub to cook. The fish camp is located a block south of the 206 Bridge on A1A, nestled under big oak trees on the ICW.